Chilliwack (electoral district)

Chilliwack has been a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia since 1916. Incorporating slightly different boundaries, it was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding the name of which was based on the older spelling of the name.

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding will be renamed Chilliwack North for use in the 2024 British Columbia general election onwards.

Political geography and history
Chilliwack was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack, which was one of four subdivisions of the old rural Westminster riding, the others being the ridings that became, after similar name-changes, Delta, Dewdney and Richmond, which are the parent ridings of all current Fraser Valley electoral districts. Chilliwack riding lasted until the 1996 election. In 2001 the area became represented by Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas. The latter takes in part of the City of Chilliwack and Sumas Prairie (part of the City of Abbotsford), while the other includes Agassiz, the municipality of Kent, and the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, as well as a certain amount of lands along the banks of the Fraser towards Hope. Following the 2008 redistribution, Chilliwack was reconstituted, primarily out of Chilliwack-Sumas, while much of Chilliwack-Kent will be joined with parts of the Fraser Canyon previously in Yale-Lillooet to form Chilliwack-Hope.

Member of the Legislative Assembly
On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. John Les of the British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election to the Chilliwack-Sumas riding. He successfully ran for re-election in the newly created Chilliwack riding.

Post-2008



 * NDP
 * Mason Goulden
 * align="right"|5,908
 * align="right"|32.39
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"| !align="right"|18,241 !align="right"|100.00%
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Pre-2008
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.


 * Liberal
 * Edward Dodsley Barrow
 * align="right"|987
 * align="right"|55.64%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|1,774 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Liberal
 * Edward Dodsley Barrow
 * align="right"|1,911
 * align="right"|53.16%
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 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,595 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Liberal
 * Edward Dodsley Barrow
 * align="right"|1,429
 * align="right"|37.83%

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|3,777 !align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,675 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|79 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Liberal
 * Edward Dodsley Barrow
 * align="right"|2,273
 * align="right"|44.96%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"| 5,056 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|70 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * John Perriman Wheeler
 * align="right"|1,655
 * align="right"|32.73%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|6,298 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|77 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Thomas Luxton
 * align="right"|1,554
 * align="right"|24.67%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Eric Symonds Fowerdew
 * align="right"|1,810
 * align="right"|25.29%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,158 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|42 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|6,099 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|35 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * William Thomas Richards
 * align="right"|2,295
 * align="right"|37.63%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * George Henry Barefoot
 * align="right"|2,712
 * align="right"|22.65%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|11,976 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|167 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * BC Social Credit League
 * Peer Vernon Paynter
 * align="right"|2,417
 * align="right"|20.18%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Progressive Conservative
 * Leslie Harvey Eyres
 * align="right"|2,097
 * align="right"|13.62%
 * align="right"|2,097
 * align="right"|13.62%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Alexander Ingvald Hougen
 * align="right"|2,543
 * align="right"|16.52%
 * align="right"|2,543
 * align="right"|16.52%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|15,391 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|15,391 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|421 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=9|8 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding.
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * James John Sutherland
 * align="right"|2,242
 * align="right"|14.57%
 * align="right"|2,242
 * align="right"|14.57%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Emil Anderson
 * align="right"|2,456
 * align="right"|16.99%
 * align="right"|2,456
 * align="right"|16.99%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Liberal
 * Lloyd Truman Beharrell
 * align="right"|2,631
 * align="right"|18.20%
 * align="right"|2,631
 * align="right"|18.20%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|14,452 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|14,452 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|775 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=9|9 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding..
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Henry Edward Taylor
 * align="right"|589
 * align="right"|4.08%
 * align="right"|589
 * align="right"|4.08%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Michael Kournossoff
 * align="right"|2,992
 * align="right"|18.97%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|15,776 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|138 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Douglas Grant Burton Taylor
 * align="right"|658
 * align="right"|4.17%
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 * Progressive Conservative
 * Douglas Grant Burton Taylor
 * align="right"|1,173
 * align="right"|6.34%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock
 * align="right"|4,123
 * align="right"|22.27%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|18,510 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|150 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Progressive Conservative
 * Oscar Murray Dayton
 * align="right"|1,757
 * align="right"|10.24%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"| 17,165 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|118 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
 * Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock
 * align="right"|3,125
 * align="right"|18.21%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,195 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|164 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|17,801 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|165 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Independent
 * Kenneth Leyden Christensen
 * align="right"|107 	x
 * align="right"|107 	0.49%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Allan Bryan Holder
 * align="right"|4,134
 * align="right"|19.07%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|21,677 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|264 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|26,143 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|79 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Progressive Conservative
 * Thomas Fitzgerland (Jerry) Pirie
 * align="right"|1,413
 * align="right"|7.66%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|18,441 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|238 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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 * Progressive Conservative
 * Thomas Matthew Tyson
 * align="right"|847
 * align="right"|3.76%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,510 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|289 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|21,769 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|300 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
 * Progressive Conservative
 * Gerald James Edward Kirby
 * align="right"|446
 * align="right"|2.05%
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 * align="right"|unknown
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 * Liberal
 * Robert Chisholm
 * align="right"|8,601
 * align="right"|38.83%
 * align="right"|
 * align="right"|unknown

!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|22,149 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|408 !align="right"| !align="right"| !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
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